You Got The Gig Here's How To Keep It: A Working Musician's Model For Success

The music business doesnt come with a manual so Andrew Blaze Thomas wrote one! With over 20 years of experience as a professional drummer Blaze has established rules for working musicians that illustrates how to acquire and maintain consistent work. You Got The Gig Heres How To Keep It explains how to negotiate salary network with musicians prepare for tours and much more. Blaze includes stories from the road that will entertain Blues fans as well. Andrew Blaze Thomas has toured with Blues Hall of Famer and 3-time Grammy Nominated Billy Branch & the S.O.Bs Bernard Allison Lucky Peterson Mississippi Heat James Armstrong Ana Popovic Chicago Plays The Stones Welch-Ledbetter Connection Dave Herrero Jimmy Burns Matthew Skoller Anthony Gomes Sherman Robertson Chico Banks Bill Sims Jr John Primer Liz Greeson and the Blue Points Ronnie Baker Brooks Wayne Baker Brooks Shawn Kellerman Nigel Mack and the Blues Attack and more. Andrew Blaze Thomas is a 2019 Blues Music Award winner and has appeared on ABCs Windy City Live NBCs The Golf Channel and Germany tvs Rockpalast. photo by: Clare Stewart Logan